About Me

I was a reporter and columnist for 40 years for a chain of newspapers in the suburbs of Chicago. I'm a military veteran having served in the United States Army Combat Engineers (Cpl. E-4) and a Korean War veteran with an Honorable Discharge from the Armed Forces of the United States of America

Sunday, May 30, 2010

The medics call it "The Golden Hour" or the first hour when the medics arrive on the battlefield to extricate wounded American soldiers in Afghanistan. This video shows some graphic footage of medic teams at work in "The Golden Hour" in Afghanistan.TURN UP YOUR SOUNDWATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/ZatjUKbbgjA&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0

This video is from the Department of Defense and shows Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery where more than 450 military personnel from the Iraq War and over 150 military personnel from the Afghanistan War have been layed to rest.Please take a moment to watch this short video and to say a prayer for all of our military personnel serving our country here in the United States and in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as other countries around the world.WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://shock.military.com/Shock/videos.do?displayContent=215475&page=1